Cliftonville have demanded a fan comes forward to pay a £500 fine for lighting a flare during a match.

The club say they know the identity of the fan.

Cliftonville were hit by a hefty fine after the footie fan lit a flare at an Irish Cup clash at Solitude earlier this month.

And they have given him until midnight Good Friday to come forward voluntarily.

The North Belfast side have stated that they know the identity of the individual involved, and have given them a deadline of midnight on 25th March to respond.

The statement, released on Friday, said the fan’s failure to settle the debt would affect "other strands of day-to-day activity" within the club.

It stated: "With club officials and stewards subject to recent admonishment for an alleged lack of dedication to the fortunes of Ireland’s oldest football club, we are only too pleased to take a step back in this particular instance and provide the guilty party with a one-week deadline to meet the financial burden which has been placed upon us.

“If, come midnight on Friday, March 25, that individual has chosen not to settle the debt, the fee will instead be paid by the Football Club, who will be left with no choice but to redirect funds from various other strands of day-to-day activity, be it merchandising, youth development or indeed the playing budget.”

The incident happened as the Reds crashed out of the Irish Cup in a 3-0 defeat by Linfield earlier this month. A double from Ross Gaynor and an Andrew Waterworth strike won it for the Blues, as the hosts had Conor Devlin and Caoimhin Bonner sent-off late on.